Local CWU Unit
To Host May Friendship Day
The Newtown unit of Church Women United will host its 2012 May Friendship Day celebration on Sunday, May 6, at C.H. B...
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Hundred Acres Road
Anthony Diiorio purchased 34 Hundred Acres Road from the estate of Patricia McGorry.
Karen Michel of William Pitt Sotheby’...
Fear Mongering
To the Editor:
I am saddened to see my favorite newspaper allowing access to right wing fear mongers such as Ms Hibbard and Mr Narel.
With her r...
Atkinson Memorial Golf Tourney Thursday June 7
The Second Annual Glenn R “Benny” Atkinson Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at The...
Marianna
Barillari Fahey
Active In Trumbull Community
Marianna Barillari Fahey, 89, of Trumbull, widow of Edward Fahey, died April 27, at home, with her l...
Earth Day Clean Up At Nettleton Preserve May 5
Newtown Forest Association (NFA) members invite residents, Scouts and friends of the environment to its annual Ea...
Small Business Classes At Danbury Library
Danbury — The Danbury Library will host a series of informational workshops for small business owners in M...
Local CWU Unit
To Host May Friendship Day
The Newtown unit of Church Women United will host its 2012 May Friendship Day celebration on Sunday, May 6, at C.H. B...
Share Newtown’s history with Newtown old-timers and newcomers alike by passing on photos of interest to The Newtown Bee. The Bee welcomes submission...
Cecilia M. Lukienchuk
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Cecilia M. Lukienchuk, 88, of Newtown, died April 26, in Bet...
I am sorry but $88.8 million dollars to educate 4030 kids is way out of line! That's over $22k per kid, used to be $8k per kid, the kids aren't getting any smarter, the administration eats all the cost. Time to cut the budget by 20% and also cut the $225k salary of the superintendent and $193k of the superintendent assistant ! You can get a lot of teachers for $400k wasted for 2 overpaid positions. Common sense should tell you that spending $2.5 million per every week for population less than 30k people is just way too high! Also voting should be done by mail, enough with these nonsensical referendums where barely 16% of voters show up. 51% voters approval should be MANDATED!
Who have you asked that didn't know where to cut? Its easy. Ideally, you would start with section 100 of the budget but the union prevents that. So I say you turn to page 18, put it on your dart board, and start reducing the head count. It's all you can do when the union controls the budget.
The people have spoken, time to sharpen your pencils. If we look at the town budget for guidance the BOE should cut the budget from 4.4% to 2.75% I find the voting results very interesting ... We have approximately 4,030 students in our town, with a published 12:1 ratio which means we have 335 teachers. I would love to know the actual number if someone knows. If we account for their spouses that gets us very close to the number of people who voted yes for the budget and wished it would be higher (729).